In re Probate of the Will of Birdsall

The Surrogate.

This decedent died in the town of Hendon, in this county, on the 22d day of April, 1890, at the age of 80 years. His first wife died in 1870. His three daughters were at that time all mar-*434ried, and living in separate homes of their own. In 1873 he married his second wife, who survives him. Before his second marriage he had given to his three daughters $3,000 each. At his death his estate consisted of a farm worth about $10,000, and some personal property of little value. At about the time of his second marriage he said that he intended to settle on his wife the sum of $5,000 ;…